Why do the weak fight?

After Wang Lang withdrew from the city, Xu You, who accompanied Yuan Shao at the head of the city, had been thinking about this ridiculous question boringly...... First of all, since the big counties of Hebei and even the rich Qingzhou are a so-called encirclement in a strategic decisive battle, what did Yuan Shao and so many people and forces around him, including him Xu Ziyuan himself, do from the beginning?

When that General White Guard's pet made fun of him? Same as his cat?

Of course not, if you think about it carefully, it's just that these people are too stupid, and they were just introduced into the middle by the other party in a clever way, in a way that misthinks...... This is as if he Xu Ziyuan set up an ambush at the boundary bridge, an ordinary bridge, which seems to be a favorable factor, but it has become a killing move for the ambush under the specific situation that the forces of both sides are too large.

The only difference between the two is that one is a tactical design, the other is a strategic ambush, and that's it.

But I have to admit that my ambush was obviously successful, but I was smashed by the other party with courage and violence; And the other party's ambush was also successful, but it was useless at all...... Liaodong soldiers and horses came to the sea, but the Yuan army was already at the end of the road, even if there were no Liaodong soldiers, Yuan Shao fled to Beihai, and then what?

Then he still has to be held by the net of 100,000 chasing soldiers, even if he escapes from Qingzhou by luck, he is destined to have no good end...... Maybe it was really used as a puppet by some powerful clan in Yanzhou, maybe it was caught or killed by a pavilion chief on the way to escape, or maybe it was sent back as a gift by other princes, and the worst one may be a few miserable people on the way, without food and water, and their bodies were exposed to the wild, swallowed by wolves and insects.

In other words, a defeat is a natural disaster.

So things came back around, even if you don't think about these things, if you think of the danger in Liaodong and know the first-mover advantage of the opponent's northern elves, what should you do?

It's very simple, you should avoid Hebei, the plains, Le'an do not touch, that is, across the river, and then set up a general in Beihai, and then go south to sweep the Central Plains, take Qing, Yan, Henan, Xu, and even Yangzhou, and so on The strategists adapted to the military thinking, and the soldiers experienced the battlefield experience, and then fought a decisive battle across the river!

At that time, the advantage of Gongsun Xun's elite soldiers and horses will be reduced, the advantage of his own population and economy will be improved, and the two sides may really be able to have a thrilling and protracted decisive battle across the river.

But if that's the case, it's still not right...... Xu You suddenly smiled bitterly...... The reason is very simple, if Yuan Shao didn't show a duel posture with Gongsun Xun from the beginning, he would not have risen so quickly, Yanzhou was ordered to be ordered, Qingzhou Confucian scholars followed each other, the plains were strong and defective, and the Yecheng clan joined hands to sell the master, why?

It's not that they are afraid of Gongsun Xun, they are afraid of this strong and mean Liaoxi puppet!

These people are afraid of the other party's legalist demeanor when administering, afraid of the other party's good foundation in the north, afraid that the other party has gradually changed from a border county to a righteous ruler of the empire, afraid that the other party is so arrogant in front of the Weiyang Palace, afraid that the other party will one day really clear the world, whip the United States, and then seize all the land and privileges that they regard as fundamental, so that they will lose what they have been accustomed to for hundreds of years...... However, on the one hand, because of fear and contempt, he didn't want to follow, and on the other hand, he really didn't dare to resist himself, so he hit it off with Yuan Cheqi, who was tossing up and down the Yellow River, and in less than three years, he created a Yuan foundation that seemed to be no less than the grandson of Baima.

Therefore, if Yuan Shao really took the Central Plains and ignored Hebei, I am afraid that the momentum may not be so fast, and maybe Gongsun Xun will cross the river before he has conquered two states.

And if you think so, then Yuan Shao has come to this point, Sancheng is Gongsun Xun's first-mover advantage is too strong and deliberate, Sancheng is Yuan Benchu's own arrogant personality and reluctance to recognize reality, and the last Sicheng has to be counted on those who arch him to do these things......

It was not only Gongsun Xun who killed Yuan Shao, but more of Yuan Shao himself and these people around him!

Of course, he Xu Ziyuan also has a share!

"What were you looking at at the beginning?"

On the empty city, Xu Ziyuan came back to his senses but suddenly noticed that Yuan Shao, who had been sitting there, had already lost the strong disappointment and loneliness that Wang Lang had when he left at the beginning, but his face was ruddy, and his demeanor was much calmer, but he was looking at the place where the Yellow River entered the sea in the east, and he was distracted.

"I'm looking at the color of the East China Sea." Yuan Shao lay in the Taiwei chair where he sat when he summoned Wang Lang, and his tone was surprisingly gentle. "Haven't you been watching it before? I also asked Wang Jingxing to come here to see me...... It's really rude. ”

"Jing is born from the heart!" Xu You paced to Yuan Shao's side, facing the east and standing with his hands in his hands. "It's just a reflection of the sunset itself on the sea to the east, and it's a faint color to you...... Originally, if you want to see the real sunset, why not look back and look at a fake sunset? ”

"Isn't it more appropriate for a vain person to look at a vain scene?" Yuan Shao chuckled slightly. "I still remember that four years ago, the Son of Heaven's health gradually failed, He Jin began to take power, I went out of the mountain to plan big things, you went to Changping to find Gongsun Xun on my behalf, although I didn't really see this person as a chess piece, but I was also condescending in my heart......"

"When are you not condescending to whom?" Xu Yu looked at the sea with his hands and sneered.

"yes!" Yuan Shao did not refute, but still smiled. "Then Gongsun Wenqi was in Mengjin, and He Jin relied on it to seize the military power in Luozhong, but it was ridiculous that in order to drive away his people, I actually let him lead the troops to Guanzhong...... This was the first big mistake I made when I faced him, and it was a big mistake, and then he was able to drive straight into Sanfu, and it was all up to me to win the decisive battle of Sanfu for him in advance...... And at that time, I didn't think I was losing but thinking that I was gaining, isn't it ridiculous? Isn't it vain? ”

"That's right." Xu You looked up and sighed. "If you think about it carefully, in the past four years, the biggest problem is that we seek the big picture and the center of everything, but we don't know how to calm down and bow our heads and run a real foundation...... This will start with Dong Zhuo, who is often at a loss, and even more so when he meets Gongsun Xun who comes prepared. ”

"Dong Zhongying is strange through the ages, what she has done is nothing more than a desperate and perverse act, but she is the only one who once ruled the world with a border martial artist, so that everyone in the world claims to be a replacement, which can be regarded as the beginning of the troubled times, so it is worth mentioning, but Gongsun Wenqi ......" Yuan Shao was slightly silent for a moment, and continued to speak. Gongsun Wenqi has his own institutional atmosphere, he is not an ordinary martial artist, and the world is chaotic, and the world of great controversy will eventually open the way with swords, and he will be even more like a fish in water! But now, where do I care about these people? I think I, Yuan Shao, am pretentious, I just think that the world is only the Gongsun family and the Yuan family, but in the end, I found out that it is just bait used by others to fish......"

Xu You's heart moved slightly: "What do you mean?" ”

"Without him, in the north of the city of Liang that day, on the battlefield, Gongsun Wenqi once spoke bluntly to me, saying that he wanted to thank me for bringing together people in the world who are not worthy of him...... I thought it was deliberately provoking me before the battle, but now it seems that it is a bit frank. Yuan Shao smiled again, slowly, but a little self-deprecating. I regard him as the number one opponent in the world, but he sees me as a bait for gathering people who resist on the road to the revolution, which is no longer ridiculous. ”

"You don't have to be too self-contemptuous in the first place." Xu You thought for a moment and couldn't help but laugh. "Gongsun Wenqi may not be so underestimated by you, it's just that his people have obviously been well prepared for a long time, and the momentum that the boundary bridge will win after the battle is even more obvious, so he took the opportunity to let his subordinates lead the army to demonstrate the ceremony...... This is a pretentious gesture, which seems to be unimpressed, but in fact, he is taking the opportunity to establish the authority of his shogunate, and in turn borrowing you to raise his own value. ”

"Perhaps!" Yuan Shao couldn't help laughing. "Meng Ziyuan explained, and felt a lot better in my heart......"

"Then do you still have to look at the East China Sea?" Xu Yu quipped. "Don't you look back at the sunset?"

Yuan Shao shook his head.

"Why?" Xu Yu was puzzled for a while. "Didn't you want to face the reality in the first place? There are only thousands of waves above the East China Sea, which are like dreams, and the 100,000 military in the west is where the reality lies. ”

"Don't hide it, I'm sitting facing east, not just watching the false sunset, but also watching the river flow into the sea." Yuan Shaodeng smiled, and his eyes suddenly looked bright. "I still remember that you and I climbed the tower in Chenggao City to watch the eastward journey of the river, discussing the future strategy, and my heart was full of ambition, trying to revisit the whole day to become the supreme...... And now think about it, some of the words of the day are not biased even today, after all, life is like a river going eastward, all have the ambition to enter the sea, since you were born in this family, if you don't fight for the mainstream, isn't it even more ridiculous? ”

"And then?" Xu You felt more and more ridiculous when he heard the word ridiculous. "You are competing with the Gongsun clan, obviously it is someone who has taken away your river, so no matter how true the truth is, it is also for others, that is, those who enter the sea in the future will have to talk about it, but it is definitely not you...... What do you think it's for? ”

"Zi is far too harsh!" Yuan Shao put away his smile and sighed.

"I've always been so demanding." Xu You was completely unimpressed.

"Ziyuan." Yuan Shao exhaled slightly and said with a slight tone. "I've been sitting here for a long time, watching the river flow into the sea, and thinking about my past...... In fact, not only the ambition of life, just like the ambition of the river flowing eastward into the sea, is the misfortune of life, but also very similar to the difficult journey of the river and the slow eastward journey. Only the river flows slowly, diverts and merges, and one day it will gather together and roll into the sea, and life is limited, but it is difficult to pay for your life and die, which is a little regrettable! ”

"Just slightly?" The mockery on Xu You's face could no longer be hidden.

"Yes, just slightly." Yuan Shao suddenly struggled to raise his head and replied in a loud voice. "No matter what, I've tried and fought after all, and it's not small...... Do you remember the old desecration of the Great River? Although I was robbed of the stream, but just like the old desecration, death is not stiff, when the spring water rises, there is still a stream of water overflowing, life is so far, can not achieve the ambition, it is a pity, but why so depressed? ”

"Don't pretend to me." Xu You was immediately helpless. "If you were so transparent at the beginning, why did you have to see Gongsun Xun before, wasn't it to express your resentment in front of you before you died?"

"Definitely! I just want to tell him that since he defeated me Yuan Shao, then I must become this stream into the sea, otherwise my old desecration will also be involved by him, and I will not be known and sighed! Yuan Shao immediately replied.

"So airy?" Xu Yu asked more than once.

"Not bad!"

"I really don't hate Gongsun Wenqi?!"

"Don't hate!"

"What about those who have failed you? What about those who have left you? Don't complain? ”

"It is not uncommon for the pursuers to be caught or forced to flee to another city...... How can you complain? ”

"What about yourself? Arrogant on the outside, inferior on the inside, rampant when you are ambitious, and afraid when you are frustrated...... Don't you feel indignant? ”

"Didn't you say it all?" Yuan Shao smiled bitterly. "I still have some regrets and resentment towards myself, but it's just some, looking at this life, it's a hustle and bustle, and it's not too resentful and remorseful......"

"I'm going to die, when I return to the light, I don't show my true feelings, and then explain the aftermath, what kind of hero are you pretending to be here?! What kind of hero?! Xu You finally couldn't bear it anymore and asked sharply. Can't you be realistic? Don't you really hate?! ”

"I don't hate!" Yuan Shao earnestly represented.

"In this case, I will go out of the city and surrender, leaving you alone here to die!" Xu Yu said with a dark face. "When I see Gongsun Wenqi in the future, I will never talk about your shape before death, anyway, you have your own heroic spirit, why do you care if others know it?!"

After that, the people turned around and were about to go down to the city.

"Ziyuan stays!" Yuan Shao hurriedly shouted to the other party, and there was actually a pleading in his tone. "Ziyuan stays behind...... Half a life of hard work, desolate to this, only one old friend is still there before death, it is unfortunate and fortunate, how can you bear to leave me at this time? At least give it to me, right? ”

"I just don't want to see you pretend to be a hero before you die...... So much for. Xu You had no choice but to turn around, and when he saw that the other party actually couldn't even leave the chair, he couldn't help but feel gloomy. So far, what demeanor do you care about? Why hide the resentment in your heart? ”

Yuan Shao smiled bitterly: "It's not that there is no resentment, but since people are about to die, why bother to leave evil words?" I hate Gongsun Xun, and when I invited him before, I was full of 'both Shengshao, He Shengxun'...... I can't wait to ask him three times in person! But no one else is there, and they don't treat me like nothing, so what's the use of hating him? Isn't it a joke? There are also many staff and subordinates, who are against and against them, and I hate them too, but have I made fewer mistakes than them? And ......"

At this point, Yuan Shao was suddenly moved to tears: "And...... And after all, isn't there He Boqiu, Chen Gongtai, and Feng Yuantu going to the festival for me one after another? Aren't there still General Wen, General Chunyu, and General Yan who are loyal to me? Isn't there still you, Xu Ziyuan, who has not left until this time? If I complain again at this time, what face will I have against you in this city before I die? After the second died, when they went to the Yellow Spring, how could they see them? ”

Xu Yu was silent.

"Ziyuan." After saying these words, Yuan Shao suddenly had a strong strength, but he reluctantly looked up at Xu You. "I know that you are arrogant in your heart, in fact, you have always looked down on me, but because of fate, you and I have been a monarch and minister for sixteen years, and along the way, life and death are scattered, so many subordinates and courtiers, until today, you are the only one to accompany me here...... I, although I have a grudge, I must not let you look down on me at this time! So I really don't want to complain in front of you, I, I've lost my ......."

Without saying a word, Yuan Shao had no more strength, ran out of oil and dried up, and died at the place where the river entered the sea, on the east city of Tatecheng, at the age of Chinese New Year's Eve eight.

Under the setting sun, Yuan Shao's head tilted and his arms hung down, while Xu You stood on one side, and he didn't react for a while, just stunned. After a long time, Xu Ziyuan seemed to react, and then took half a step forward, trying to reach out to help the other party, but his hand was in the air, and the person suddenly froze, so that he burst into tears......

In other words, Xu You suddenly woke up at this time, Yuan Shao fell to this point, with his narrow-mindedness, the reason why he has not been evil or resentful, but has always been personable, not that he does not hate Gongsun Xun, nor does he not resent those who left, let alone that he is not angry at his own mistakes, it is because there is still one person on his side - although he Yuan Benchu died and resented, he did not want to leave an evil appearance for the last courtier!

————I am the dividing line of death and death————

“…… Shao was defeated and walked away from Tatecheng, and there were only a few hundred people left on his side, and he knew what to do. Feng Shangshu shot Wang Lang to persuade him to surrender, and Shao summoned him at the head of the city, please see General Wei. Lang told the truth: 'General Wei knows that he will win, and he has gone to the north to inspect the spring ploughing in February, and he will not be able to see it. Shao was silent in a trance, and at dusk, watching the river enter the sea, Fang Chang sighed: "Since Shao is born, what is Shengxun?!" 'Whoever repeats it three times, it is breathless.' ——"Heroes of the Late Han Dynasty". Wang Cang

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